Horse-collar pad



March 21, 1939. H. s. THOMAS HORSE-COLLAR PAD Filed Aug. 9, 1957 INVENTOR. Harold $.T/1omas BY WWS ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HORSE-COLLAR PAD Harold Sloane Thomas, Chatham, Ontario, Canada, assignor to The American Pad & Textile Company, Greenfield, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application August 9, 1937, Serial No. 158,050

6 Claims.

be placed adjacent the neck of the animal, during use, so that moisture and perspiration are readily absorbed. The upper layer, consisting of the cheaper material, is not directly subjected to the moisture but at the same time efiects quicker drying of the lower layer of stuffing, performing What may be described as a blotting action. That is, the upper layer absorbs a certain amount of the moisture of the lower layer so that the 10 Another object is to provide a pad of this latter, and consequently the pad as a whole, dries 10 kind which is readily absorbent but quick-dryout more quickly. In addition to this, the lower ing. layer of stuffing, having the characteristic of not Another object is the provision of an animal packing and not losing its shape after use, serves pad having the advantages mentioned and at the to add this desirable feature to the pad as a same time adapted for efficient, low-cost manuwhole. Finally, the pad of this invention may 15 factiire, be produced at a much lower cost than a pad These and other objects are attained by the stuffed entirely with the higher grade materials. means described herein and illustrated in the ac- The p o this invention may e P oduced efiicompanying drawing, in which: ciently due to the simplicity of its construction Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a horse collar and has been found to be stronger and more du- 20 pad embracing the present invention. rable than the pad stuffed entirely with the more Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional View taken exp s ateria son 1 '2 z of 1 With reference to the drawing: the inven- Heretofore, horse collar pads have been of two tion contempla the use Of the usual enclosing general classes, one a cheaper grade stuffed with covering 5 o suitable fabric, s fie as shown 25 materials of low cost such as pickered jute, secin Fig. With Substantially fi tu ond-cut linters, or any other available cheap manally-ex ng we ye 6 of material of the terial having the characteristic of readily absorbclass of deer hair, kelp and e Substantially ing moisture and perspiration. This cheaper similar layer 1 of cheaper material, such as jute.

grade of pad has had an outstanding disadvan- The p rip r p n f the w r y r m y 30 tage, namely, the fact that after a period of use he continued or turned upwardly as at 8 around the stuffing became hard or packed and bunched. the edges of the upper layer for forming the edges The other class of pad heretofore produced has of the pad which are, like the facing or lower incorporated a more expensive type of higher surface portions of the pad, susceptible to moisgrade material of the class having the characterture and perspiration on the neck of an animal. 35 istics of deer hair. Such materials have been The material of the lower layer 6, being resilirecognized as the best type of stuffing since they cut and non-packing, will admit moisture or perare light and resilient and do not become packed spiration within its mass, that is to say, into the or bunched after the pad has been in use for spaces between its strands or meshes, but due some time. The higher cost of the stufling mato the inherent character of materials such as 40 terials, however, has rendered this type of a pad hair, kep and the like, the mOiStHre is not somewhat unavailable for general use in an artiactually taken up, to any great extent, by the ole such as a horse collar pad intended for commaterial itself. Under these circumstances, the paratively low consumer cost. Moreover, the denser or more closely packed and more inherhigher grade stufiing, while possessing the adently absorbent material of the upper layer 1, 45 vantage of moisture absorption, does not dry out lying over and, in use, pressed by the collar so readily as the cheaper type of stuifing. against, the lower layer, acts as a blotting me- The present invention obviates both the difiidium for the moisture of the lower layer, so that culties described above by providing a pad in the latter dries out and regains its resiliency more which the stufiing consists of two layers, the botquickly. 50 tom or facing layer consisting of material such as It will be observed that the lower layer of madeer hair, goat hair, kapok, high-grade linters, terial, since it extends throughout the whole of etc., and the upper layer of stuffing consisting of the facing side of the pad, is adapted to retain the cheaper, more available materials. The lowthe shape of the pad after the latter has been er layer of stufiing, in this pad, is adapted to used. Inasmuch as the stufling material does 5 not become bunched, the cover stitching therefore is not subjected to undue strain in some parts nor to the danger of readily tearing or ripping in other parts where the stuffing has become relatively scant. The pad is thereby rendered stronger and more durable and, as already suggested, possesses the desirable characteristics of both the types of stuffing heretofore separate 1y used without, at the same time, incorporating the disadvantages of the older types of pads.

What is claimed is:

1. A horse collar pad or the like comprising a cover enclosing two layers of stufling: a bottom or facing layer consisting of light, resilient material, and an upper layer of denser, more inherently absorbent material.

2. A horse collar pad or the like comprising a cover enclosing two layers of stufling: a bottom or facing layer consisting of light, resilient material of the class of hair or kapok, and an upper layer of denser, more inherently absorbent material of the class of jute.

3. A horse collar pad comprising a cover enclosing a bottom or facing layer of non-compacting stuifing, and an upper layer of stuffing of material more inherently absorbent than that of the bottom layer.

4. A horse collar pad comprising a cover enclosing a bottom or facing layer of non-compacting stuffing, and an upper layer of stufiing of material more inherently absorbent than that of the bottom layer, said bottom layer being turned or continued upwardly at the periphery for embracing the edges of said upper layer and v for forming the edge portions of the pad.

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